Apparatus for drying and the like.



A. TEGOLI.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND THE LlKE.

APPLICAT ION FILED JUNE 20, 1916.

Patented June 4, 1918.

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A. TEGOLI.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 19-16.

Patented 'J 111164, 1918.

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' Patented June 4, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED. JUNE 20, I9l6.

v A. TEGOLI. APPARATUS FOR DRYING AND THE LIKE.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1916.

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APPAR TUS r03 nRYING hm) rnnjtfnnq Specificationof Letters .Qatcnt. PdtentedJune 4t, 1918,

Application filed Ch ne 20, 1916,. Serial No.104,739.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known. that I, A G ST TEGOLI, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at. San M Francisco, in the county of. San Francisco and State of "California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Drying and :thelike, of which the following is a specification. y i

The present invention relates to apparatus for moving air into contact with material to beftreated for the purposeof drying,

moistening, curing, sterilizing, smoking,

sulfuring, fumigating, disinfecting, or perfuming said material, according to the condition of said air or the substance with which the air may be impregnated, and the object of the invention is to provide such an apparatus whichywill greatly shortenthe time required for treatment, and thus .pre-

vent. injury caused by delay and improve qualities inthe result, and which can quickly be varied oradjusted to vary the treatment as desired. 1 y j A It is particularly adapted for treating cigars and tobacco of all kinds, but it is also useful for treating macaroni and kindred paste products, flowers, herbs, roots, fruits,

vegetables, meats, fish, animal hair, feathers,

wool, cotton, and other fibers, woven fabrics,

clothing, explosive and other powders, and j manyiother products or materials. i i e In the accompanying drawings, Figure'ltis a broken plan view of my inventiomshowing therein one arrangement of drying or treat ing chamber; Fig. '2is' a partial sideiview f of the same; Fig. 3 is afcrosssection on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 1; Fig." 4 is a longitudinal section on the lined-4; cf 1; Fig. 5 .is a similar section on. the; line 5 5 of Fig, 6;

F ig. 6 is a plan View showing another ar rangement of drying. chamber; Fig.1 a brokenplan view of still another arranger:

mentiof drying chamber Fig. 8 is acrosssectional view of the same on the line- 8.8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is abroken side view of the same. a

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the flaring mouth of a conduit 2, having there in a downwardly fswinging ,check. valvefl3, andleading to a blower 4, rotated in either 1 direction by .a motor ,5, and which may be a run atdilferentspeedsto suit the work de sired. ,By, saidlblower air is drawn into said conduit 2 andimpelled into a treating chamber 6, ,inwhich is aivertical series 10f hori zontal coils of pipe7, which are generally supplied with steam for heatingpurposes,

but canalso beused for coolin coils. The

chamber-may also be charged with-perfumes- 1 or with smoke, sulfur, or other fumes, or with moisture asneeded for the purpose requlred. The a r emerging from said treating chamberj passes; into duct 10, which, with a return duct 11, are supported on thetop of a heat-transference chamber 12, in which extend, 011a sloping support 13, longitudi nal coils of pipe 14:, generally used as steam pipe, the sides of the heat-transference chamberbeingformed of: lattice work 15. Valves 8,9 control theisupply of steam to thepipes 7, 14:. The inlet end of the duct 10 is regulatedjin size by a slide valve 16.

The return duct 11 leads backto the conduit 2, a slide valve 17 controlling saidreturn.

Communicating at suitable intervals with the tops of said ducts 10, 11, are enlarged lowerportions 18 of ducts 19, said communi cations being controlled by slide valves Saidducts 19 lead first vertically and then transversely, each to a @drier section, either. on one or onboth'sides, the former only being here shown. j Twoof these ducts,

nearer the, blower, lead to a smaller drier 22,, shown in; Fig. 1, and four ducts lead to a larger drier, 23 shoWninj Fig. 6; They communicate with said driersby means of distributing ducts 24,25 extending longitudinally side by side, terminal transverse ducts 19 of each drier-beingenlarged at theirforward endsto communicate with the dis tributing duct 24L remote from the ducts 10 and .11, and said terminal it transverse ducts 19,.as also the intermediate transverse ducts 19 for the larger drier 23, communicating with thesnearer distributing duct '25 past slide, valves 26. Said distributing ducts opendownwardly past slide'valves 27, 28 into the'rounded tops of the driers 22 or 23, whichare divided into sections by vertical partitions 29, said sectionsbeing arranged in pairs, the: drier sections of each pair communicating ,with each other by openings closed by horizontally swinging doors 30,?

each doorbeing closed by a Weight 31 at- "tached tof a -suitably guided cord. '32 and opened by hand by means of a suitably guidedrcord 33 extending through a hole in a Wall of the drier section and having attached to its outer end a handle 34; Below :said doors 30 there are removably contained in each drier section interchangeable drawthrough one end of the drier and driy'en from "any suitable source of power. The drawers of the drler 22 having one pair of drier sections are preferably twice the depth of the "drawers of the drier 23' having two pairs of sectionathe drier 22 be} inga'd aptedfor a finishing rocess." By suitably" varying the sped of, or reversing, or stopping, the vblower, or' the fans, or byopening more or less, orcl'osiiig, the slide valves 1'6,"1 "7,"20',' 21, '26, 27, a 28", valves 9 and doors 30, 39, the mode of treatment of material is capabledf'being varied in a very great number" of'ways", any change n any one of the above elements having the effect of Producing" a were we d ri ete nt of the goods;

As shown'in Fig. 7 the ducts 10 and 11 are extended and communicate with a third drier" Meoiisisting' of sections 45, said ducts 10,11 rising'to level above the topsbf the sections. The duct 10 communicates with two branch ducts 46 and 47, andthe duct l l connnunicates with two branch ducts 48 and 4-9, the ducts 4 6 and 48 extending 161i gitudinally side by side o the tops" of the several drier sections 45, and the ducts A7 and 49 extending 1 h opposite sides of the drier, first downwardly, and 'thnhoriZon any and io gitudinauy, ea ement sales of the drier." Slide valves50, 51, 52, 53f'ca n, closethe entrance to the ducts 46, 4'1, 48,49 respectively. "The ducts 46, 48, at the top, and the ducts 47, 4, 9, at the bottom, communicate with the seyeral'sections' 45 throng-h d0ors55, 56 're'SpectivelyQall of said doors being operated by cords 57. The upper part-"ofeach' drier section rounded, and access is "had"t0 the interior thereof by means of a door5 8, and the drier sections communicate with each othenattop andloot torn through damper'doors 59,. In tl i ei'ntejrmediate parts otthe several sections the re are contained horizontally movable draw ers GO' havi'n'gwirebottoiyns. A raised rout drier.

The system of ,driers, ctsland the like r was aware} ha lk' e the here 'fiilus'tratd'maybe re Sliced in size simpllfied 1n arran ement to suit smaller.

adding sections to anyone or more were,

charged into the atmosphere.

still retain its essential "features, the number of combinations being diminished or ins d in Ptetet ee. i

The di'lfernt di'iersmay be used for sucsssive st ges. inzthe treatment of the Same goods, or they may be used for diflerent injurious eflect results from the simultaneous operation.

By suitably varying the positionsof any or all of the slidevalvesj'5Qf5lf52 amass and doors'55ff5 6hnd 59, a large variety of gOOdfi atthe same time, provided thqt lll movements oft-he'air through the several tie '45 e d' r fif 'Qf a ment" i the goods, can be obtained, and this may be accomplished with certain goods and; by

using certain agents even while fthef blow'er and fans are at rest.

The big- "1 s cream;- goods is be treated,

as 'f ii s an e to be d e a slate i the drawers 35' and air is forced through said drawers in succession bymeansof the ture is rapidly extracted from the cigars 1. The'hombination of ablower, a treat ing 'ehaniber communicating with said blower, "coil ofpipe thereinf,[aduct comreturn' cliict, drier" sections communicating apparatus abovedescribed,and their mots muni'cating with said treating chamber, a

with each other and with which said ducts communicate, valvescontrolling said com muni c atioiipand means, in section, for s e rti' e ni r l' i am-ease endition'.

2. Thecombination ofafblower, a treating chamber 'eoi nmunicating with said blower, a coil dfpipe therein, a duct corna dens wit said l F iRQ' eate ire. di t and eetl ns cemeter es: wlth each other and w th which salddticts m hic ti ii and n eth s lfie dife i having apertnredbqttorns.

The combination ofi a blowerpa treat- 111g chamber conniiunicatingwith sa d b we faewi o P ii h r i a d e m municating with said treatingchamber, a

i' rn du t siesta mmee se in with each other and 'Wltll which said ducts -The c mbin ti n ew r wear 'ing chamber communicating. w th "331d b w 9 1 l'rl r tliei'ief et t ee I IlUII I CQtIQg with said treating charnben a return duet, drier sections"communicat ng U M l. l i, w e h e he E -1t hle stu d ts can cemmumcete m an fe oat l in sa d li ii ea eesi ma t i' ii the? bor mit' matters betwee the wears n time other and with which said ducts can communicate, means for controlling said communications, rotary fans in the communications between the sections, and means, in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition.

6. The combination ofablower, atreating chamber communicating with said blower, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communicating with said treating chamber, a return duct, drier sections with which said ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, rotary fans in said latter communications, and means in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition.

7. The combination of a treating chamber, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communieating with said treating chamber, an exhaust duct, drier sections with which said ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, rotary fans in said latter communications, and means, in each section, for supporting the material in an exposed condition.

8. The combination ofablower, a treating chamber communicating with said blower, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communicating with said treating chamber, a return duct, drier sections with which said ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, doors controlling certain of said latter communica tions, rotary fans in other communications thereof, and means, in each section, for suportin the material inan ex osed condition.

9. The combination of a treating chamber, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communi cating with said treating chamber, an exhaust duct, drier sections with which said ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, doors controlling certain of said latter communications, rotary fans in other communications thereof, and means, in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition.

10. The combination of a blower, a treating chamber communicating with said blower, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communicating with said treating chamber, a return duct, means whereby said return duct may communicate either with the outside atmosphere or with the blower, transverse ducts having portions communlcating with said first-named ducts, valves controlling said communications, distributing ducts with which said transverse ducts communicate, valves controlling said last-named communications, drier sections with which said distributing ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, doors controlling certain of said latter communications, rotary fans in other communications thereof, and means, in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition.

11. The combination of a blower, rotatable in either direction, a treating chamber communicating with said blower, a coil of pipe therein, a heat transference chamber having open sides, a duct supported by said heat transference chamber and communicating with said treating chamber, a return duct also supported by said heat transference chamber, means whereby said return duct may communicate either with the outside atmosphere or with the blower, transverse ducts having lower portions communicating with said first-named ducts, valves controlling said communications, longitudinally extending distributing ducts with which said transverse ducts communicate, valves controlling said last-named communications, drier sections with which said distributing ducts communicate, valves controlling said communications, adjacent drier sections communicating with each other in pairs, doors controlling certain of said latter communications, rotary fans in other communications thereof, and means, in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition.

12. The combination of a treating chamber, a coil of pipe therein, a duct communieating with said treating chamber, a return duct, drier sections communicating with each other and with which said ducts communicate, valves controlling said communication, means, in each section, for supporting material in an exposed condition, and means for maintaining circulation of a treating agent in the treating chamber.

' AUGUST TEGOLI,

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